Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.

She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!

Meet Meribo, a Louisiana-based restaurant whose menu is a mashup of Southern Italian and American Southern cuisines. The name itself is a mashup, a portmanteau of two Italian words, Meridionale (southern) and Cibo (food). Southern like southern Italy and "the South". Food because...duh.